Kristin Smedley

Do you need a speaker who has:

A Sense of humor

“Life is funny… sort of.” That’s Kristin’s way of looking at the world! Kristin Smedley is an award winning non profit leader, speaker, and up and coming author – but she never planned on any of that. Kristin did plan to be a great, like Teacher of the Year great, third grade teacher… but her personal path to greatness took an unexpected turn when two of her three children were diagnosed as blind. She quickly had to learn all of the tools of blindness and get them into the hands of her sons. She also had to build a team of experts that would help her navigate this path that she had not been trained for.

Kristin speaking at Univ of PENN’s Rare Disease Symposium

Expertise

Kristin’s two blind sons, Michael and Mitchell, are now thriving. The systems Kristin has put in place for her boys have worked to great success thus far. Her boys have achieved great things in blind skills as well as in the sighted world with highlights including baseball championships on “sighted” neighborhood teams, Distinguished Honors in “regular” public school, and finalists in an International Braille competition. Her boys are role models for blind children and inspirations to countless people.

Kristin on Philadelphia’s PHL17 Morning News

Extraordinary Impact

In 2011, Kristin coordinated a new team: one that is changing the path of her boys and thousands of others. Kristin co-founded and leads the Curing Retinal Blindness Foundation, a 501c3 non profit and the only patient organization in the world for CRB1-LCA/RP, the rare eye disease that affects her boys and thousands of others. In less than five years Kristin led the CRBF to raise over $1 million, introduced the first ever legislation in the United States Congress in Braille, and has moved rare eye diseases from rarely talked about to being top of mind and talked about in key circles.

Kristin’s inspirational and humorous style leaves audiences of all sizes wanting to hear more. Kristin is available for all types of events!

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WATCH Kristin’s TEDx Talk that she delivered in New York City

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